yes, you are not supposed to receive communion unless you are both Catholic and in a state of grace. I have never heard of having to prove these things. But I suppose it's possible! Seems overly controlling to me. But then so does much of Church teaching.
On 7/10/07, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well, no, they don't ask for your credentials before you take > > communion. Or at least they didn't use to. > > I'll respond to both your post and Eric's with the story of my own > mother who is a devout Catholic. When she came to visit me the first > time and went to Mass at our local church she was refused because the > priest did not recognize her. It wasn't until afterwards that she met > with him that she was allowed to take communion. > > More to the point: > http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/sacraments/receivingcommunion.html > > And I quote: > In keeping with the sacramental meaning of the Eucharist this canon > reserves the sacraments to Catholics, that is, those who are in > communion with the Church. It then addresses the question of Catholics > receiving the sacraments from non-Catholics. It sets the following > strict conditions: > > a. necessity or genuine spiritual advantage > b. when the danger of error or indifferentism is avoided > c. it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister > d. a church which has valid sacraments > > This last condition is the key one, since it eliminates ALL the > Reformation churches (Anglican, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist, > Baptist etc.), none of whom have valid sacred orders, and therefore, a > valid Eucharist. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238145 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
